Adding their weight to the ongoing efforts of increasing awareness around breast cancer, Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Anandiben Patel and Governor of Manipur Dr Najma Heptulla joined from their respective States to unveil a sand sculpture at Puri by renowned sand artist Padma Shri Sudarshan Pattnaik to observe the Breast Cancer Action Day, institutionalised by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing (IHW) Council during the ongoing global breast cancer awareness month.
The Breast Cancer Action Day is observed as part of IHW Council’s month-long mega virtual conclave on Breast Cancer Action Month.
IHW Council CEO Kamal Narayan, Founder-President of WWW FoundationDr Meera Agnihotri, Oncology General Manager, Novartis Oncology India Saumil Mody, Deputy CEO, National Health Authority Dr Vipul Aggarwal, , president, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)Dr Anil D’Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, India Cancer Research Consortium (ICMR-DHR)Prof Ravi Mehrotra and CEO of ARTIST and FOGSI Ambassador to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Dr Hema Divakar among others spoke.